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When Close Just Isn’t Good Enough

The link between the Toffees and the Icelandic international has been in place since the early part of the summer and – as the selling club – we should have put a deadline on completing the deal for the sake of both clubs and the player. I completely get that…
Monday, 7 August 2017, 8:50

Six Previous Premier League Openers

When we set out on this Premier League journey 228 games ago we were given no chance of staying up – remember Brendan’s famous comment that people believed there was more chance of Elvis being found alive than us staying up? But we are still here and this season we…
Monday, 7 August 2017, 7:30

How Will We Get On Against Southampton?

Six previous visits though to St Mary’s have seen us win just once – a 1-0 win against the odds in 2015 secured by Jonjo Shelvey. We will of course head into the game under full confidence thanks to Saturday’s 4-0 win over Sampdoria at the Liberty and on the…
Sunday, 6 August 2017, 17:47

Swans In For Brazilian Midfielder?

The latest player to be linked is Brazilian midfielder Lucas Lima who would – allegedly – be available for around a ร‚ยฃ15m fee if the Swans could secure a work permit for the player who has 12 caps for his country. The former Internacional midfielder is a late developer and…
Sunday, 6 August 2017, 17:27

Leroy – We Are Ready

Goals from Leroy Fer, Tammy Abraham, Federico Fernandez and a bizarre own goal saw the Swans romp home in their final pre-season game and in truth there could have been plenty more giving reasons for optimism to be high ahead of the new season. Some of our preparation has been…
Sunday, 6 August 2017, 8:48

Llorente Back For Man Utd?

Llorente has been the subject of transfer speculation for most of the summer with Chelsea interested in taking the striker to Stamford Bridge and he has missed out totally on the Swans preparations thanks to the broken arm he suffered in the summer. It has been reported in the close…
Sunday, 6 August 2017, 8:36
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